Plastic overshoot day report 2024
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
The Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 notified by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, should be viewed by State governments and municipal authorities as a good blueprint for a much-needed civic clean-up. The Central Pollution Control Board estimates the consumption of plastic products in India to be of the order of eight million tonnes a year.
GANGTOK, Feb 27
Arecanut growers here are yet to recover from the shock delivered by the Supreme Court order banning sale of gutkha in plastic sachets. Areca is the main ingredient in gutkha which has been sold in small plastic sachets for many years now. The nut is grown in 60,000 hectares in the district, and Bheemasamudra and Holalkere are the main growing areas.
Rotting garbage on the streets poses health hazard in Erode Staff Reporter ERODE: The rotting garbage piled up on the streets of Erode town is turning into a serious health hazard as miscreants, and in some cases the civic workers themselves, have begun setting the waste afire. On Friday miscreants set afire to heaps of garbage including huge amounts of plastic waste dumped on a vacant land
The ban on use of plastics at the Marina beach will be extended to parks maintained by the Chennai Corporation and tourist locations in the city. Mayor M.
The civic body has decided to frame a separate by-law to ban the use of not only plastic bags but other plastic materials such as cups, sachets, plates in city. Earlier, there was a ban on plastic bags below 50 micron. Now, the ban will be on any usable plastic matter below 40 micron.
In the light of its failure to enforce the existing ban on plastic bags, the Delhi government now plans to stop its manufacture in the Capital as easy availability of the product is blamed for its popularity among the public. Senior environment officials say they have prepared a Cabinet note proposing a blanket ban on the manufacture of plastic bags, which could come up for approval anytime now
In December, Court Had Banned Use Of Plastic In Sachets; Consumers Now Have To Pay More. THE cost of a single-use packet of gutka, pan masala and tobacco can be expected to increase appreciably from the . 1 that it now costs, as the industry will no longer be able to use plastic for its packaging.
Taking the fight against polluting plastic ahead, the environment ministry on Monday notified that plastic carry bags should be of a minimum thickness of 40 microns and will not be given free of cost to consumers. The new Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2011 announced on Monday will replace the earlier Recycled Plastics Manufacture and Usage Rules, 1999.
If you find 1,000 steps to Chamundi Hills, cleared of waste, especially plastic, thanks to the students of Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE). for a cause: Students of Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering collecting waste as part of their anti-plastic drive at Chamundi Hills in Mysore on Sunday.